Women's Olympic Swimming: 400-meter Freestyle
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
400-meter Freestyle
Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the women's 400m Freestyle swimming competition from 1920 to the present.
| Year | Winner | Time | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Ethelda Bleibtrey, USA (300m) | 4:34.0 | WR |
| 1924 | Martha Norelius, USA | 6:02.2 | OR |
| 1928 | Martha Norelius, USA | 5:42.8 | WR |
| 1932 | Helene Madison, USA | 5:28.5 | WR |
| 1936 | Rie Mastenbroek, NED | 5:26.4 | OR |
| 1948 | Ann Curtis, USA | 5:17.8 | OR |
| 1952 | Valéria Gyenge, HUN | 5:12.1 | OR |
| 1956 | Lorraine Crapp, AUS | 4:54.6 | OR |
| 1960 | Chris von Saltza, USA | 4:50.6 | OR |
| 1964 | Ginny Duenkel, USA | 4:43.3 | OR |
| 1968 | Debbie Meyer, USA | 4:31.8 | OR |
| 1972 | Shane Gould, AUS | 4:19.44 | WR |
| 1976 | Petra Thümer, E. Ger | 4:09.89 | WR |
| 1980 | Ines Diers, E. Ger | 4:08.76 | OR |
| 1984 | Tiffany Cohen, USA | 4:07.10 | OR |
| 1988 | Janet Evans, USA | 4:03.85 | WR |
| 1992 | Dagmar Hase, GER | 4:07.18 | |
| 1996 | Michelle Smith, IRE | 4:07.25 | |
| 2000 | Brooke Bennett, USA | 4:05.80 | |
| 2004 | Laure Manaudou, FRA | 4:05.34 | |
| 2008 | Rebecca Adlington, GBR | 4:03.22 | |
| 2012 | Camille Muffat, FRA | 4:01.45 | OR |
| 200-meter Freestyle | Women's Olympic Swimming | 800-meter Freestyle |
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